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the u.s. get into the public business ever supplying we fons the syrian rebels? >> right now that does not seem to be the case. others are, qatar and others in the region are supplying man portable air defense systems, shooting down planes as a result and helicopters of the syrian army. in two weeks or so there will be a conference to confer legitimacy on the opposition from a political standpoint. the u.s. right now is mostly supplying humanitarian articles but the pressure is rising on the military side but doesn't appear any indication they will do that yet. >> on thursday the u.n. again ram assembly voted to recognize palestine as a state. and now we have the news of israel announcing on friday expanding its settlement in the west bank and east jerusalem. on top of that britain, france and sweden summoned the israeli ambassadors to their country to condemn this move and france and england have said there is an appetite to disapprove of israel right now. what's happening to the tense situat
the u.s. get into the public business ever supplying we fons the syrian rebels? >> right now that does not seem to be the case. others are, qatar and others in the region are supplying man portable air defense systems, shooting down planes as a result and helicopters of the syrian army. in two weeks or so there will be a conference to confer legitimacy on the opposition from a political standpoint. the u.s. right now is mostly supplying humanitarian articles but the pressure is rising on...
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the petition has more than 80,000 signatures, the second one is to keep him in the u.s. there are less than 5,000 signatures on that petition. >>> get ready for a battle from honolulu and chicago. the university of chicago and are both interested in hosting his future presidential library. the president's parents went to the university of hawaii, but the president was the member of if the chicago law school fact cull, so that school is widely considered to be the front-runner. >>> leave it up to barbara walters to get the school on the famous picture. the picture tweeted out by the obama campaign election night quickly becoming the most retweeted post ever. >> so why were you hugging him so hard in iowa? >> because i love my wife. >> also, i hadn't seen him in a while. you know, when you're campaigning, you're like two shipments passing in the night. the first time i saw him was when i walked on stage to greet him. that's my honey giving me a hug. >> i like giving you hugs. >> parent senator mike crapo is a vodka guy. according to the virginia police officer who arrested
the petition has more than 80,000 signatures, the second one is to keep him in the u.s. there are less than 5,000 signatures on that petition. >>> get ready for a battle from honolulu and chicago. the university of chicago and are both interested in hosting his future presidential library. the president's parents went to the university of hawaii, but the president was the member of if the chicago law school fact cull, so that school is widely considered to be the front-runner....
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. >> authorities are investigating after a civilian contractor advising u.s. forces was shot dead monday in kabul, afghanistan, by a woman wearing an afghan police uniform. it appears to be the first time that a woman member of afghan security forces carried out such an attack. and the death of a seal team 4 commanding officer in afghanistan is being investigated. >> so much for a santa claus rally. the stock market is teetering on the edge of the cliff. and first susan right, now opposition to chuck hagel. stamps.com is the best. i don't have to leave my desk and get up and go to the post office anymore. [ male announcer ] with stamps.com you can print real u.s. postage for all your letters and packages. i have exactly the amount of postage i need, the instant i need it. can you print only stamps? no... first class. priority mail. certified. international. and the mail man picks it up. i don't leave the shop anymore. [ male announcer ] get a 4 week trial plus $100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post of
. >> authorities are investigating after a civilian contractor advising u.s. forces was shot dead monday in kabul, afghanistan, by a woman wearing an afghan police uniform. it appears to be the first time that a woman member of afghan security forces carried out such an attack. and the death of a seal team 4 commanding officer in afghanistan is being investigated. >> so much for a santa claus rally. the stock market is teetering on the edge of the cliff. and first susan right, now...
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christmas in hawaii where he and the first lady attended the holiday memorial service for the late u.s. senator from daniel inouye. >> white house correspondent kristen welker. kristen, obviously they always say the white house travels with the president wherever he is. that's where the white house is. the president, though, is enjoying vacation, but still continuing to keep tabs on the fiscal cliff negotiations, correct? >> he is. white house officials describe this as a working vacation. i think there have been maybe a few conversations at the staff level about the fiscal cliff, but the reality is, thomas, the negotiations have largely stalled. you remember president obama on friday urging lawmakers to take this time off to really cool off, come back later this week with a appreciate perspective. i think you're going to see the hard work, the real negotiations resume when lawmakers go back into session after the christmas holiday. now, last week it seemed as though president obama, house speaker john boehner were close to getting some sort of a grand bargain that would have addressed
christmas in hawaii where he and the first lady attended the holiday memorial service for the late u.s. senator from daniel inouye. >> white house correspondent kristen welker. kristen, obviously they always say the white house travels with the president wherever he is. that's where the white house is. the president, though, is enjoying vacation, but still continuing to keep tabs on the fiscal cliff negotiations, correct? >> he is. white house officials describe this as a working...
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and with students across the u.s. enjoying the break, a national debate is raging about whether more guns in schools would keep them safe in the wake of that massacre. right now, at least one new jersey town plans to put armed police officers in all nine schools come the new year and politicians in states like virginia talking about giving teachers permission to carry guns. joining me now is dr. steve perry, host of "save my son." steve, good to have you here and hearing about what's gone in virginia and the possibility of teachers might be given permission to carry a gun in to the classroom. much of this debate has been fueled by the fact that the ceo of the nra said it's only going to take a good guy with a gun to stop a bad guy with a gun. are you worried about where this conversation is doing and that's the slippery slope, talking about stopping guns? >> absolutely. what we have done is allowed hysteria to step in and get us afraid of what was otherwise a safe setting. the american public schools are safe. approxi
and with students across the u.s. enjoying the break, a national debate is raging about whether more guns in schools would keep them safe in the wake of that massacre. right now, at least one new jersey town plans to put armed police officers in all nine schools come the new year and politicians in states like virginia talking about giving teachers permission to carry guns. joining me now is dr. steve perry, host of "save my son." steve, good to have you here and hearing about what's...
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"slate" magazine, they make the point that there are over more than 3 million ar-15 weapons in the u.s. today, so people say it doesn't make sense to talk about gun control without talking to the guns on the street. >> when i have -- i don't have children of my own. when i have children that come to my home, i take my guns and lock them in the attic. no matter what happens, the children can't get near those weapons, right? here's the problem with the idea of semiautomatic weapons. alice talked about this issue of video games. i don't know if you take grand theft auto out and -- it's going to killed them, but if you pull the trigger it will kill the child or firefighters, whomever else is. i hunt. i don't know of a single hunter, now in my family, no one i know that needs a ar-whatever this thing is. you don't need it. you get one shot at a deer. if you're lucky, you get two shots. if you're that bad of a shot, you ought to stick to fishing. it's a crappy way for making an excuse to own these weapons. you don't need them. do a buy-back problem. cut part of the deficit? bring all 3 milli
"slate" magazine, they make the point that there are over more than 3 million ar-15 weapons in the u.s. today, so people say it doesn't make sense to talk about gun control without talking to the guns on the street. >> when i have -- i don't have children of my own. when i have children that come to my home, i take my guns and lock them in the attic. no matter what happens, the children can't get near those weapons, right? here's the problem with the idea of semiautomatic...
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vice president biden served as a u.s. senator for more than 30 years. few people really understand the way these types of negotiations work like he does. in addition to that, equally importantly, 23 of those years were spent serving alongside minority leader mitch mcconnell. so they have a good working relationship, good personal relationship. you remember that yesterday mcconnell said he needs a dance partner in these negotiations. he didn't feel as though they were moving forward. so he reached out to vice president biden. biden engaged. and what looked like a stalemate yesterday really has begun to move forward overnight, the two on the phone late into the evening until midnight i am told working out the details of a compromise. their staffers on the phone into the early morning hours. folks here at the white house up quite late as well. so it looks like some type of compromise is starting to form that would include increasing taxes on those making $450,000 or less. remember president obama wanted that threshold at 250,000. house speaker john boehner
vice president biden served as a u.s. senator for more than 30 years. few people really understand the way these types of negotiations work like he does. in addition to that, equally importantly, 23 of those years were spent serving alongside minority leader mitch mcconnell. so they have a good working relationship, good personal relationship. you remember that yesterday mcconnell said he needs a dance partner in these negotiations. he didn't feel as though they were moving forward. so he...
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and get up and go to the post office anymore. [ male announcer ] with stamps.com you can print real u.s. postage for all your letters and packages. i have exactly the amount of postage i need, the instant i need it. can you print only stamps? no... first class. priority mail. certified. international. and the mail man picks it up. i don't leave the shop anymore. [ male announcer ] get a 4 week trial plus $100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. when you give a child a toy, it has to work. ♪ make just one someone happy and when it's a toys for tots child, well, what could be more important? so this year, every hasbro toy donated to toys for tots will be powered by duracell. happy holidays. duracell with duralock. trusted everywhere. [applause] >>> welcome back, everybody. i want to talk you to washington, d.c. you're watching applause right now. a live look there after the vice president swore in senator patrick leahy as the new president pro-tem. this makes him second in line for the house speaker. trade ne tradit
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the u.s. navy s.e.a.l. killed in the hostage rescue operation in afghanistan sunday has been identified as 28-year-old nicolas decheck. a highly decorated combat vet from monroeville, p.a. the embargo on his name just lifted by the pentagon. a member of the navy's elite s.e.a.l. team six was killed during the rescue of an american doctor abducted by the taliban five days ago. president obama said he gave his life for his fellow americans. he and his teammates remind us once more of the selfless service that allows our nation to stay strong, safe and free. >>> egyptian president mohamed morsi has given the military the authority to make arrests. this after saturday's revoking of a constitutional decree failed to put an end to the protests. >>> syrian rebels say they've captured a part of a large military base. it would be the latest in a series of setbacks for the assad regime. >>> south african officials say nelson mandela is doing very well after spending a second night in a hospital for what they are call
the u.s. navy s.e.a.l. killed in the hostage rescue operation in afghanistan sunday has been identified as 28-year-old nicolas decheck. a highly decorated combat vet from monroeville, p.a. the embargo on his name just lifted by the pentagon. a member of the navy's elite s.e.a.l. team six was killed during the rescue of an american doctor abducted by the taliban five days ago. president obama said he gave his life for his fellow americans. he and his teammates remind us once more of the selfless...
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this long-awaited independent report on the attack that killed u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three others in benghazi is going to be presented to the state department today. secretary clinton is not going to be there. is it crucial that she testify at some point in all of this, because this is another example of where she's not appearing before these meetings, before these committees. >> well, thomas, this is a very important week for the accountability review board. the results are coming out today to the state department. they'll be in open session later in the week with the two top deputies to secretary clinton. it is unfortunate that she's ill and certainly to have her forcefully communicate the results of the report would be excellent. she is the best at this, the best that the administration has to offer, but her deputies are very strong and they will make the arguments that need to be made. >> all right. so the senate committee, headed by john kerry, who is expected to succeed clinton as secretary of state, said in her absence on thursday t
this long-awaited independent report on the attack that killed u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three others in benghazi is going to be presented to the state department today. secretary clinton is not going to be there. is it crucial that she testify at some point in all of this, because this is another example of where she's not appearing before these meetings, before these committees. >> well, thomas, this is a very important week for the accountability review board. the results are...
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we need barack obama or man like the u.s. president or somebody like nelson mandela to be the pm in israel that actually think about the next generation and not the next election, which is what netanyahu is doing. he ran on a platform. no negotiation, no settlement, we don't see the palestinian suffering. we don't care. we're above the lull and we'll drag everybody along that path. >> you wrote in "the daily beast" that it will be a nightmare for israel. a legal nightmare. >> a legal nightmare. what israel doesn't understand that no one today can do anything without being investigated by the international criminal court. i mean, joining the -- being recognized as a palatine as a nonmember state and it will allow them to join all the organization under the umbrella of the united nations and one of them is the international criminal court. what they are doing today, they will be investigated. whatever they will do in west bank, gaza and jerusalem, being investigated. even the illegal settlements because these settlements are co
we need barack obama or man like the u.s. president or somebody like nelson mandela to be the pm in israel that actually think about the next generation and not the next election, which is what netanyahu is doing. he ran on a platform. no negotiation, no settlement, we don't see the palestinian suffering. we don't care. we're above the lull and we'll drag everybody along that path. >> you wrote in "the daily beast" that it will be a nightmare for israel. a legal nightmare....
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i'm joined now by rick newman, chief business krbt for u.s. news and world report. rick, it's good to have you here. as we talk did bsh we've been talking about the stalemate for weeks now about the fiscal cliff in washington d.c. how many affect does that really have on consumers during the holiday season? >> i'm surprised it hasn't had more of an affect. we're really only starting to see it seep into consumer thinking, i think, in the last few days, and to hear that washington has basically left town. it looks very dire for some kind of big deal, and, yet, holiday spending seems to be holding up so far. i mean, anecdotally is t seems to be holding up anyway. we won't know for sure until after the holidays. they seem to be saying, yeah, we know there's some problem in washington, but it's almost as if they're tuning it out and saying we're just going to get along with our holiday. >> as we wait to find the final analysis of what this holiday season really meant, we can talk about the marketses and what we're witnessing there because they were down on friday tumblin
i'm joined now by rick newman, chief business krbt for u.s. news and world report. rick, it's good to have you here. as we talk did bsh we've been talking about the stalemate for weeks now about the fiscal cliff in washington d.c. how many affect does that really have on consumers during the holiday season? >> i'm surprised it hasn't had more of an affect. we're really only starting to see it seep into consumer thinking, i think, in the last few days, and to hear that washington has...
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. >> it is with great pleasure that i am announcing -- that i'm appointing our next u.s. senator to be congressman tim scott. [ applause ] >> south carolina governor nikki haley making an appointment to replace jim demint. it makes congressman tim scott the first black senator from south dakota since the reconstruction. joining us is -- sir, your reaction to scott's appointment, and are you a little bit disappointed that it wasn't you? i know you were in consideration. >> several of us were. i think everyone in the delegation was being considered, but we're all very excited for tim. people don't realize, i think back home or in washington how close this group of freshman is from south carolina. myself, mr. scott, mr. duncan, mr. gowdy, and to have any of us elevated to the senate was a real pleasure for all of us. >> he is the first black senator from the south since reconstruction. what does this mean to the optics, the face of the future of the gop? >> listen, south carolina is one of the places we're leading the way. we now have a black senator. we have an indian woman
. >> it is with great pleasure that i am announcing -- that i'm appointing our next u.s. senator to be congressman tim scott. [ applause ] >> south carolina governor nikki haley making an appointment to replace jim demint. it makes congressman tim scott the first black senator from south dakota since the reconstruction. joining us is -- sir, your reaction to scott's appointment, and are you a little bit disappointed that it wasn't you? i know you were in consideration. >>...
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from the u.s. postal service. because it's nice to have an extra pair of hands around for the holidays. but when i was in an accident... because it's nice to have an extra pair of hands around i was worried the health care system spoke a language all its own with unitedhealthcare, i got help that fit my life. so i never missed a beat. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. >>> so we just got this in from nbc's mike viquiera at the white house this afternoon. the president and speaker boehner met at the white house to talk about efforts to resolve the fiscal cliff. the white house spokesperson saying basically, we're not going to tell you what they talked about. but they are talking, the lines of communication remain open. so some developing news on the sunday afternoon. the president, the house speaker, still talking. >>> more than two weeks after being admitted to a houston hospital, former president george h.w. bush remains in stable condition. being treated for a bronchitis-related cough. doctors say the 8
from the u.s. postal service. because it's nice to have an extra pair of hands around for the holidays. but when i was in an accident... because it's nice to have an extra pair of hands around i was worried the health care system spoke a language all its own with unitedhealthcare, i got help that fit my life. so i never missed a beat. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. >>> so we just got this in from nbc's mike viquiera at the white house this afternoon. the president and...
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the former u.s. ambassador to syria, theodore kotoof writing in the daily beast, "the best hope to avoid syria becoming a failed or radical islamist state is for the russia and u.s. to cooperate." you write that russia may be shifting its pro-assad position. at this point, do you think that russia leadership and the united states can get together on syria? >> you know, i think that the russians now understand that the regime probably isn't going to survive. however, i don't think that the russians are going to get actively involved with us in any effort to militarily intervene in syria. i think that their hope is to protect their interests, that if there's going to be a new regime, that they keep their investments and naval facilities, but i don't think they're going to join with us in getting involved. >> what do we know about the scope, the size, and the variety of the syrian chemical -- of their chemical weapons stash? >> well, in that -- the syrians, of course, have denied they don't have any. th
the former u.s. ambassador to syria, theodore kotoof writing in the daily beast, "the best hope to avoid syria becoming a failed or radical islamist state is for the russia and u.s. to cooperate." you write that russia may be shifting its pro-assad position. at this point, do you think that russia leadership and the united states can get together on syria? >> you know, i think that the russians now understand that the regime probably isn't going to survive. however, i don't...